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Organizer	Students for Barrier-Free Access - University of Toronto
Title	Anti-Ableism Guest Speaker: Charlotte Jones from Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
Category	Education
Location	Toronto, Ontario
Date	March 26, 2013
Telephone	(416) 967-7322
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Event Description	Tuesday March 26th, 5:30-8:30pm at Hart House Debates Room, University of Toronto. For anybody who identifies with a Learning Disability, is wondering about LD diagnosis, a friend or family member of somebody with an LD or potentially working with people who have LDs. 5:30 - 6:00 pm - Settle in and help yourself to Hart House catered food 6:00pm - 8:30pm - Presentation and Interactive Discussion: 1. What is a Learning Disability? 2. What LD is not 3. Famous people with LDs identified 4. Visual perception simulation 5. Reading & Decoding exercise 6. Common LDs, signs, emotional/behavioural challenges 7. AD(H)D defined 8. Giftedness and the relationship with LD 9. LDATD our Vision and our Mission 10. LDATD Programs and Services 11. What can you do to Visualize the Invisibility? 12. Q & A There will be a 15 min break around 7:15pm. Free tokens available. This is an accessible, ASL interpreted and Hart House catered event. For more information about Students For Barrier Free Access (SBA), drop in the SBA Centre or contact us: 215 Huron St. Suite 924. Toronto, ON. M5S 1A2 Phone: (416) 967-7322 Email: sba@utoronto.ca http://sba.sa.utoronto.ca/
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